Voice attachment for artificial animals.



PATENTED NOV. 2Q, 1906. G. WESSELL.

VOICE ATTACHMENT FOR ARTIFICIAL ANIMALS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26,1905- mmv ran Gear e flszseil WITNESSESTHE-NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, n c.

' UNITED STATES GEORGE WESSELL, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1 906.

Application filed December 26,1905. Serial No. 293,206.

T0 and whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WESSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Voice Attachments forArtificial Animals, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to artificial animals used in connection withmerry-go-rounds,

carousels, or other and similar amusement apparatus as seats or supportsfor riders; and the object of the invention is to provide an animal ofthis class with a voice-producing attachment which is adapted to beoperated by a person sitting on the back of the animal.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following spec fication, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters, saiddrawing being a sectional side view of an artificial horse used inconnection with a merrygo-round, carousel, or similar amusementapparatus and provided with my improved voice-producing attachment ordevice.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a anartificial horse of the kind or class usually employed in connectionwith merry-go-rounds, carousels, or similar amusement apparatus as seatsor supports for riders, and in the practice of my invention as shown inthe drawing I provide a voice-producing attachment which consists of acasing I), sunk into the front breast portion of the horse, said frontbreast portion of the horse being provided with a chamber 0, in whichthe casing b is placed, and the outer end of which is closed by a plug(1, which conceals the chamber and the casing I). Communicating with thechamber 0 is a bore or passage e, which extends upwardly and backwardlyfrom said chamber and terminates in the form of construction showndirectly over the shoulders of the horse or forwardly of the saddle f orof that part of the back of the horse on which a rider would sit.

The inner end of the casing b is provided I with a slot or opening 6provided with a reed b and within the casing b is placed a plunger bprovided with a rod b which passes out through the inner end of thecasing b and through the passage 6 and is provided with a handle I), andbetween the plunger b and the inner end of the casing b is placed aspiral spring 6 It will be understood, of course, that the character ofthe sound produced by this device will be regulated to correspond withthe voice of the animal represented as nearly as possible, and inpractice a party sitting on the horse, either on the saddle or on theback of the horse, by grasping the handle 6 and pulling the rod boutwardly can produce the desired sound or voice, and this operation maybe continued or repeated as often as desired, the rod 1) being forcedinwardly at each operation by the spring 6 My invention is in no waylimited to the details of the voice-producing device employed, and anysuitable device of this kind may be used, all that is necessary being toconceal the device in the body or parts of the animal and to providemeans whereby the said device may be conveniently operated by a party orperson sitting-on the animal.

Although I have shown my improvement applied to an artificial horse, itwill be apparent that the same may be applied to other artificialanimals, such as lions, tigers, camels, giraffes, and other animalswhich are usually employed in merry-go-rounds, carousels, and similaramusement apparatus to form seats or supports for riders.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

An artificial animal of the class used in connection with merrygorounds,carousels and similar amusement apparatus, said animal being providedforwardly of the shoulders with a voice-producing apparatus whichconsists of a chamber formed in the front breast portion of the animal,a casing placed in said chamber, a bore or passage extending upwardlyfrom said chamber and opening in front of the shoulders of the animal,the inner end of said casing being provided with a slot or openinghaving a reed, and a spring-operated plunger placed in said casing andpro- I ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 23d day vided with a rodwhich passes out through of December, 1905.

the inner end of said casin and through said i bore or passage,substantially as shown and GEORGE WESSELL' 5 described. Witnesses:

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I C. J. KLEIN;

my invention I have signed my name, in pres- F. A. STEWART.

